Account system



May 3l 1927' w, M. FREDENBURG ACCOUNT SYSTEM Filed April 20. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVEN TOR.

A TTORNEYS.

2rammed ay 31,1927.

STES PATENT FI l WILLIAM M. FREDENBURG, or raso ROBLES, GALIFoRNA.

ACCOUNT SYSTEM. i

Application filed April 20, 192.5.l SerialV No. 24,573.

This 'invention relates to accountvsystemsI Y and has for its primary object the provision of a 'system of this kind characterized by means or instrumentalities whereby all documents and bookkeeping records used in .an ordinarybusiness or mercantile transaction may be associated as a lunit and indexed for easy and quick reference `and at least one of said documents utilized as true and appropriateiindicia in an alphabetical' indexing ot'.

. separate accounts, and whereby accurate recf ords. of account can bekept without the necessity ot' vthe usual and' (2) ledger.

AV further object ofthe invention `is to provide a system of ythis character wherein all records or' account may `beassembled and indexed for easy and quick reiierence,. and wherein, and incident to the steps employed in carryingmy system intoV practice, each .forms otA (l) yday bookunit of the Vsystem will have visually'` arranged thereon,l respectively, the original and a'duplicate lof a chronological statement ofthe complete account of `a customer or buyer, so Athat at the vclose'oiiv a month or other period a. t-rue and complete statement f may be given orl mailed the customer without the necessity offurther bookingor billnff. f Y i v i :ik further object of my invention 1s to provide a system of this character wherein each unit shall be in the form of a receptacle with in which original. ,sales slips? are',placed and arrangedtotally with a record of account exteriorly of the unit, the latter adapted to be employed as indexing means, and wherein the transactionsentered on the original sales slips constitute a true statement of a particular alphabetical account, so as to save the time usually incident to making of' Figure 3 lfold 16 is secured or unitwith the documents removed ;,V j FigureAcis/avertical section on line '4 4 Flgure is a .perspective View ofthe-top band; and i f i l Figure 6 is av tom band.

In carrying the invention into practice, l' employ envelopes l0 of identical construc-v perspective view` of the bottion, each comprising'j a ybody' member off double walls formed preferably `from asin gle blankV of rmaterialito provide a closed ,65.

bottom 11v andan vopen upper end'12.

Each of these envelopes is provided adja'- cent to the open upper end with a band 13V or lpaper or any other suitable "well-known material. The vband is constructed in ystrip orm and said band is made to embracet'he walls of the envelope, the, ends 14,14being secured by adhesive or the like toone wall 1 of the envelopevv while leaving the'ba'nd 15Y tree from the other wall.v

vThe closed ,bottom of the enveloperis'in#y serted between the 'oldsl and 17 of al second band 18 and as shown in Figure 4, the

velope.V The ends 19 of this vband are brought around the vertical 'edges'.ot Vthe envelope, and secured in overlapped'relation to the f old 16. The other fold 17 is left free and, .with the front wallv ofthel envelope, .constitutes a pocket 2O vwhose upperend registers with the open side of the'aor'esaid' band 13, as clearly shown in Figure4 i "i` to the wal112 ofthe en;

Reference is now vmade to Figure 2, wherein 'A designates the originals of the Su'sual sales slips..y These slips as they` are` made,`

out in the' regular transactionofbusiness, are placedin the pocketI ofthe envelope,.thel

duplicates of which are given thecusigo,11er orpurchasen B indicates'whatIlIaVeelQCQ,k

ed to call a chronological statement and .Ci Y Y ,95 `Aseparated therefroml by a'slipofcarbonor 3 a duplicatethereofv arranged behind'B and transfer paper VCf: Atthe rear yoif B, Gand C may be arranged what`v If'shalhcalla ledger'card 'i Thel sales slips A constituted an unexposed tomery and, as stated, theseslips are the orig- Va purchase. The slips B, C, C. and Df'con:

linformation contained'thereon isfa complete .tally of the respective sales slipsA. The twobandslV and 18' provide means whereby thedocuments orv records onthefoutside l record of all lsalesmade to a particular cusf ,i

inals from which'duplicates are struck-` and.v i

handed toa customer latj the time of making.v

' 105 Y stitute thevisible record of account andthe i 'i kofthe envelope may be held lin,attached sition. upon the. envelopeso as to', virtually form al partfthereof and to be "arranged wholly Withinthe -boundar-y ofthe sides and v ends of the envelope, .las shown in Figure 2.,

fIn the manner aforesaid, each envelope furnishes a means for assembling in one. place -or container allthe' documents and booking records commonly used in an ordinary business or mercantileV transaction, and

they `are so .arranged that lany Vnumber of these envelopescan be indexed for'easyand quick reference, following the system'of a card index, vas shoivn in Figure l, it being understood` ythat'V these envelopes are stood edgeivisein order that their upper open ends ivill be in uniform horizontal alinement.

In using my system, the sales slips A4 con@ 'stituting the originalfrecords of rall :sales made andl their combination iviththe aforesaid'V documents B, C, C and D 'makeA it unnecessary `tofkeep'F the customary day book.' Being the originals, theygmay al-Y ways be used in disputed cases as evidence ef each transaction. y p VIt is customary in the usual method of booking wherein sales slips are employechto gather the slips and to sort and enter samev Vin aday ibook, and to then journalize and lenter the same in a ledger, or these slips are vrgivenfto ,a bookkeeping machine. operator Who, VWith loose-leaf devices, enters them on` statement and ledgery sheets. This method is complicated and p requires considerable handling lof recordsv and an expensive outlit of machineryanda skilled operator. By

Y Y eliminated.

my improved method `this costly,V time-consuming Vand I laborious operation may be The" statement' of account slip Bjis arranged-sothat the customers name andadf dress, andmonth and year Will appear at the .ftopjjof the statement, Yall at a pointV above YthefbandA 15.*1In vievvthereof, itis seen y that the name ofthe' customer 1s .inplain f View which serves as a `guidem placing the ,envelopel in the card "index cabinetflil,` Figure l@ Thestatement slip B will, ofcourse,

' beV printed Withthe nameof themerchant or concern makingV the sale, same! Yappearing preferably.' at 'a pointund'er the band 13.

' 'Below theband '13 lare 1day or date collfum'ns F; sales Asli-ps numbersV 'columns G;

and amountcoluinns "In these respective 4columns may befound a record on the State# Yment of the. accountfor af'monthfor any`dev4sired period i Y use, the sales Y. sorted Vfor each customers accountand enteredonthe statement daily and" then placed v in the envelopeV for future `reference untilA Y,theacc'ount is settledv or 'transferred to .a holdingjfile'lcard indexed) tobekept as long asfdesired; In this' manner,- the 'merchant has alduplicate record of the account slips areV assembled and depositors', the statem'entto occupy the same;

as the statement is madedailyl and .ati-he .endof `the month he has vall his statements 1 made out Vready to mailto his customers..k

i' The ledger VVcard or slipD Ymay have en# tries made thereon as desired, i. e., the totalf yfor'tliemonth or period which the statenient covers7 or at such times When Vthe customer mayk make ka payment onaccount, in

position lon 'thispenvelopejl as for -ame'rcantile concern,}and the customers accounttheV y Y same as the .ledger card. k'Inside theenvelope Would be placed; the deposit slipsfand 'theft A .90 5

canceled checks to be returned to the deposi-A tor with theV statement. The y'eni'felope shown' herein caiifalsoV Yaccom'modate conltracts, leases,y promissory 'n notes and lother documents on which periodical payments' arek made or creditsallowed or Hfor Which *mem- @randa ofprogress or the status ofi-a `caseor transactionare desired, such memoranda'` to be, entered on a cardorvslip of paper. held beneath the bands'outside the envelope.

' l/Vhile I have usedthe Words,sales'vslipsf 100v to describe a common formy of original record for mercantile transactions, I use the Words as synonymous vwith bill or invoice,

.which perform 'the same. function assalesy Y y r evidence of a sale of slips as memoranda o merchandise. Y t f Although Ivhave herein shown and described only one form of account system'emf*L bodying my invention, it `is to beJunderstoodthat various changes and modiiications may be made therein Without departing from the spirit of the inventionjand .the

Spirit and VScope ofthepappended claimsfiV I claim as my ,inventionzV of'mateiial to provide front and rear Walls,

an'lopeii upperend. anda closed bottoni, a band of strip materialextending across the front Wallv adjacent the upperend:vl ofi the envelope in spaced relationto vthe front Wall 120.1, Y*

kto `provide Ava-loop through Which `record t sheets are adapted 1 to be inserted from the t top ofthe envelope,'said bandzhaving'its end portions extendingV across the rear Wall and secured' `to the latter, a second,bande-folded 125 from. a sheet :'ofmaterialjtofprovidea Uf Yshaped portionof substantially the-width fof the lenvelopeand in Which. the loWerf'e'nd of thelatter is received,vone of th-efolds of the shaped portion being securedto the Vrearrkl30 Y. i

1.An envelope folded; from a blank U5KV 'i rear Wall and free of thek `front Wall to'pro# Wall With the other fold spaced from the front Wll to provide a pocket in which the lower `ends of the record sheets ere adapted to be received and having extended ends folded across and secured to the outer side of the first mentioned portion, to thereby close the ends of the pocket. j

2. An envelope having vfront and rear Walls and :Ln open top, a U shaped band lat the bottom of the envelope secured to the vide an exterior-upwardly opening pooket and a second band adjacent the top of theenvelope secured to the vrear .Wall and ex-` tending across and free' ofthe Vfront Wall to p provide an exterior loop through Which rec'- ordsheets are adapted to be inserted from the top of the envelope into the .pocket and (zo-operating with the pocket in removably holding the record sheets on the envelope.

WILLIAM M. FREDENBURG. 

